DOOM 3 Sales [Aug 24, 2004, 09:05 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
This press release
(thanks Frans) announces that DOOM 3 is selling like hotcakes: "The game debuted
as the #1 best-selling PC game in the U.S. for the week ending August 7,
according to NPD Techworld. Additionally, DOOM 3 was the #1 best-selling game
overall in the U.K. for the weeks ending August 14 and August 21, according to
the U.K. Chart Track and the #1 best-selling PC game in Australia, for the weeks
ending August 8 and 15, according to GfK Inform Database. For the week ending
August 15, DOOM 3 also was the #1 best-selling PC game in France, according to
GfK; the #1 game in Germany, according to Media Control; and the #1 game in
Sweden, Denmark and Norway, according to Manual Sweden, Manual Denmark and
Manual Norway."
Uh oh... CONTROVERSY!
Investigate? heh
The phrase "selling like hotcakes" dates back to county fairs in the 19th century. In those days before hot dogs and corn dogs and ice cream, and cotton candy, hotcakes were a big seller at the food vending booths at fairs, selling as fast as they could be cooked. That's how the term was originally applied - to mean that the demand for something was so great that it was selling as fast as it could be made.
According to "The Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers, an early use of the phrase was by O.J. Victor in "The History of the Southern Rebellion"(1860) in which he said "Revolvers and patent firearms are selling like hotcakes."
Investigate? heh
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